Imprudent King by Parker, Geoffrey -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Plates Conventions Preface PART I. THE THRESHOLD OF POWER

1 Apprenticeship, 1527–1543 2 A Renaissance prince, 1543–1551 3 The changing face of empire, 1551–1558

PART II. THE KING AND HIS WORLD

4 The king at work 5 The king and God 6 The king at play

PART III. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE REIGN

7 Getting a grip, 1558–1561 8 ‘I would rather lose a hundred thousand lives if I had them’: keeping the faith, 1562–1567 9 Family life – and death 10 The enigma of Don Carlos

PART IV: THE KING VICTORIOUS

11 Years of crusade, 1568–1572 12 Years of adversity, 1573–1576 13 The crisis of the reign, 1576–1577 14 Murder most foul? 15 Years of triumph, 1578–1585 16 ‘The most potent monarch in Christendom’

PART V: THE KING VANQUISHED

17 The ‘Enterprise of England’, 1585–1588 18 Philip at bay, 1589–1592 19 Towards the tomb – and beyond, 1593–1603

Epilogue Abbreviations Note on sources Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

Chief Librarian: Las Zenow <zenow@riseup.net>
Fork the source code from gitlab.